Up and Vanished Weekly | MURDERED: Katie Janness

Up and Vanished

Tenderfoot TV

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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It's July, 2021, when 40-year-old midtown Atlanta resident, Katie Janness, and her dog are found dead in Piedmont Park, an epicenter for social activity and one of the largest green spaces in the city. Faulty security cameras in the park, plus a lack of physical evidence leaves police with little to go on, and the chilling nature of the crime scene leaves the community on edge, as residents begin to wonder if a serial killer is to blame? Tune in as Maggie sits down with retired Atlanta homicide detective and host of "Murder Mind" on Youtube, Vince Velazquez, and the two discuss Vince's conversations with detectives currently on the case, and take a look at the crime scene through the lens of a homicide detective who patrolled the same area where Katie Janness was found murdered.Up and Vanished Weekly is available wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a tenderfoot TV podcast.
0:08.4	Every mystery has an answer, but some have way more than one possibility.
0:15.0	I'm Yvette-Gentele.
0:16.6	And I'm her sister, Rashapec Guerrero.
0:19.2	Every week on our podcast, So Supernatural, we invite you to explore the unknown and to consider the many theories behind each unsolved the mystery.
0:29.4	We'll guide you as you question the world you think you know, through investigations into spine-chilling hauntings,
0:39.0	unexplainable encounters,
0:42.7	strange disappearances, and so much more.
0:48.4	So if you're ready to be haunted by stories of the unsolved and of the unknown,
0:52.0	listen, if you dare, to So Supernatural,
0:55.1	every Friday, wherever you get your podcast.
1:03.8	Hey, Up and Vanish listeners, it's Rob. We wanted to share with you that over the next month we'll be spotlighting episodes of our new sister series, Up and Vanished Weekly, hosted by Payne
1:09.8	Lindsay and Maggie Freeling. Every week, Up and Vished Weekly, hosted by Payne Lindsay and Maggie Freeling.
1:11.6	Every week, Up and Vanish Weekly dives into a new missing or murdered persons case,
1:17.6	bringing you interviews with experts and advocates who take you behind the scenes of the investigation.
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1:53.6	This podcast discusses mature and sensitive content,
1:57.5	including descriptions of violence that may be triggering for some audiences.
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